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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!daffy!uwvax!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!buffnet3!root From: root@buffnet.net (Superuser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Looking for a stable release Date: 22 Aug 1995 14:14:14 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 14 Message-ID: <41conm$4i@buffnet2.buffnet.net> References: <41apli$9ja@one.mind.net> <41cmgm$287@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: buffnet3.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@bonnie.heep.sax.de) wrote: : Anthony Fleisher <fleisher@id.mind.net> wrote: : >Currently we are running 2.0.950412-SNAP (as reported by 'uname -r'), I : >was wondering if this is a stable release, if not, what is a more stalbe : >one? and how can we easily upgrade our system to it? : Upgrading from (or to) snaps is not as easy, since they are rather : considered ``hackerware''. Back up all your user files and the : configuration under /etc, install the new system, and try to merge the : old setup into the new files in /etc. Are the password files compatible between 2.0 and 2.0.5?